On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 11:29 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 10:47 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > > > >> Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 2007-12-16 at 09:48 +1000, david walcroft wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> My repo's are in 'local-updates local-extras local-base, > >>>> but yum does updates with no problem > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> except of course, that which is a problem. Every problem you have with > >>> packaging has to be caused by the below. > >>> ---- > >>> > >>> > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ ls /etc/yum.repos.d/ > >>>> atrpms-bleeding.repo fedora-extras-devel.repo > >>>> jpackage-fedora.repo local-extra-devel > >>>> atrpms.repo Fedora-install-media.repo > >>>> jpackage-generic.repo local-extras > >>>> atrpms-stable.repo fedora.repo > >>>> jpackage.repo local-updates > >>>> atrpms-testing.repo fedora.repo.rpmnew > >>>> kde-redhat.repo local-updates-testing > >>>> city-fan.org.repo fedora-updates.repo > >>>> kde-redhat-stable-all.repo Macromedia > >>>> crontab fedora-updates.repo.rpmnew > >>>> kde-redhat-stable.repo mirrors-rpmforge > >>>> dag.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo > >>>> livna-devel.repo newrpms.repo > >>>> dries.repo fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmnew > >>>> livna-devel.repo.rpmorig nrpms.repo > >>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmnew fedora.us-extras > >>>> livna.repo nr.repo > >>>> fedora-core.repo.rpmsave freshrpms.repo > >>>> livna.repo.rpmorig rpmforge.repo > >>>> fedora-development.repo freshrpms.repo.rpmnew > >>>> livna.repo.rpmsave yjl.repo > >>>> fedora-devel.repo gstreamer-deps.repo > >>>> livna-testing.repo > >>>> fedora-extra-devel.repo gstreamer.repo local-base > >>>> fedora-extra.repo home.repo local-devel > >>>> > >>>> [david@reddwarf ~]$ I know it needs a big clean up. > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> were you expecting things to just clear up by themselves while you make > >>> a complete nightmare of things? > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> No I not expecting things happen automatically but I dont have the > >> confidence > >> to hack into files and make the mess worse than it already is. > >> > > ---- > > OK, try this...(you need root so simply 'su -') > > > > this is supplied so you could simply paste this all after you su to root > > per above > > > > cd /etc/yum.repos.d > > mkdir NOT-USED > > mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the moment > > mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave fedora-development.repo > > mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave > > fedora-updates-testing.repo > > mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave fedora-updates.repo > > mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo > > > > mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo > > mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo . > > mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo . > > > > # at this point, you should be able to yum update without much issue and > > I am presuming that the latest installs of fedora-release and > > livna-release put their repo files rpmsave because the originals were > > tainted. > > > > The rest of the repos you can add by mv the files back but only do 1 or > > 2 at a time so you will see if any have problems. > > > > Myself, I would probably move the rpmforge.repo back but it might be an > > issue depending upon how old it is. Possibly kde-redhat stuff (may be > > old), maybe jpackage...again, it could be old and broken > > > > Craig > > > > > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# cd > [root@reddwarf ~]# cd /etc/yum.repos.d > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mkdir NOT-USED > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv * NOT-USED # clear out all repos for the > moment > mv: cannot move `NOT-USED' to a subdirectory of itself, `NOT-USED/NOT-USED' > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave > fedora-development.repo > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave': No such file > or directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave > mv: missing destination file operand after > `NOT-USED/fedora-updates-testing.repo.rpmsave' > Try `mv --help' for more information. > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# fedora-updates-testing.repo > -bash: fedora-updates-testing.repo: command not found > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave > fedora-updates.repo > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora-updates.repo.rpmsave': No such file or > directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave fedora.repo > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/fedora.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave livna.repo > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna.repo.rpmsave': No such file or directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo . > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-testing.repo': No such file or directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# mv NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo . > mv: cannot stat `NOT-USED/livna-devel.repo': No such file or directory > [root@reddwarf yum.repos.d]# ---- that was intended for BEFORE you decided to move things around See my other e-mail Craig
